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The GSDI Association Small Grants Program has contributed to important geographical information management capacity-building projects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe, Central and South America. A spatial data infrastructure (SDI) enables the access, integration, distribution, management and use of geographical information for informed decision making. The Small Grants Program has made a big […]

To better understand the spatial and temporal variations and characteristics of fires in South Africa, an eleven-year dataset of MODIS-derived Active Fire Hotspots was analysed using an open source geographic information system. The African continent has for years been termed “the fire continent” as a result of the high number of fires it experiences […]

Combining weather data with existing information provides organisations with decision-making power for relevant and real-time planning to ensure better service delivery and other efficiencies. South Africa is traditionally not affected by extreme weather conditions, thus we tend to underestimate the value of weather prediction and analyses. The ability to access weather information before and […]

Geospatial-technology evangelist, Geoff Zeiss, and building information modelling (BIM) expert, Vaughan Harris, have agreed to keynote at SA GeoTech 2017 which takes place on 25 and 26 July 2017 at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. Geoff Zeiss is recognised for his efforts to promote geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction. He has more than […]

Exhibition space at the SA GeoTech 2017 conference and exhibition is filling up quickly, with only ten stands left. A platform for showcasing geomatics technologies, tools, skills and services, SA GeoTech 2017 takes place on 25 and 26 July 2017 at Emperors Palace in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The conference is hosted by EE Publishers, and […]

The Gauteng branch of the Geo-information Society of South Africa (GISSA) held its first meeting for the year at the Sorex Estate in Centurion. Chairperson Sam Osei opened the meeting and outlined the branch’s plans for the year. The issues of job reservation and professional fees are still being reviewed, he said, with the […]

The Gauteng branch of the Geo-information Society of South Africa (GISSA) held its first meeting for the year at the Sorex Estate in Centurion. Chairperson Sam Osei opened the meeting and outlined the branch’s plans for the year. The issues of job reservation and professional fees are still being reviewed, he said, with the […]

Johan Weakley, a surveyor, and Alan Goldsmith, a geologist, have joined forces and formed Horizon Geomatics to provide a variety of services in the field of geomatics. Goldsmith, in his capacity as a geologist, has extensive experience of target generation at all scales, field exploration, desktop studies and mineral rights work. He is adept […]

Geo-tech evangelist, Geoff Zeiss, has agreed to keynote at SA GeoTech 2017 which takes place on 25 and 26 July 2017 at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. Zeiss is recognised for his efforts to promote geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the geospatial software industry […]

Supergeo has released a maintained version of SuperGIS Desktop 3.3. Besides integrating with the spatial database more smoothly, this new version has optimised many functions. For instance, the improvement of the way to generate map tiles enables users a presentation of the map tiles under all scales. The betterment of “Joins” and “Relates” functions […]